Research Article
Mother-to-Children Plasmodium falciparum Asymptomatic Malaria Transmission at Saint Camille Medical Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Table 5
Association between maternal malaria infection and IPT-SP and placental and neonatal malaria.
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Parameters | Thick placenta blood smears | value | Thick cord blood films | value | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive |
| Thick peripheral blood films | | | | | | | Negative | 209/217 96.3% | 8/217 3.7% |
<0.001 |
216/217 99.5% | 1/217 0.5% |
NA | Positive | 12/21 57.1% | 9/21 42.9% | 16/21 76.2% | 5/21 23.8% | IPT-SP | | | | | | | No | 34/37 91.9% | 3/37 8.1% |
NS | 36/37 97.3% | 1/37 2.7% |
NA | Yes | 182/201 90.5% | 19/201 9.5% | 196/201 97.5% | 5/201 2.5% | Parasite density | | | | | | | <1000 | 3/11 27.27% | 8/11 72.73% |
NS | 0/5 0% | 1/5 20% |
NA | ≥1000 | 7/16 43.8% | 9/16 56.2% | 0/5 0% | 4/5 80% |
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NS: not significant; NA: not applicable.
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